QObject: Missing vtable link error

Question

I know the question have been asked tons of times but I can't find the solution here nor in google.

Here's my header file

#ifndef MAINCONTROLLER_H
#define MAINCONTROLLER_H

#include <QSettings>
#include <QDebug>
#include <QDir>
#include <QObject>

#include "PhTools/PhString.h"
#include "PhStrip/PhStripDoc.h"

class MainController : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    explicit MainController(QObject *parent = 0);
    void loadSettings();
    PhString getLastFile();
    void setLastFile(PhString fileName);
    bool openDoc(PhString fileName);

signals:
    void docChanged();

private:
    QSettings * _settings;
    PhStripDoc * _doc;

};

#endif // MAINCONTROLLER_H

And my CPP file :

#include "MainController.h"


MainController::MainController(QObject *parent) :
    QObject(parent)
{
    _doc = new PhStripDoc();
    loadSettings();
}
void MainController::loadSettings()
{
    _settings = new QSettings(QDir::homePath() + "/Library/Preferences/com.me.me.plist", QSettings::NativeFormat);

    getLastFile();
}

PhString MainController::getLastFile()
{
    qDebug() << "lastfile :" << _settings->value("last_file", "").toString();
    return _settings->value("last_file").toString();
}

bool MainController::openDoc(PhString fileName)
{
    bool succeed = _doc->openDX(fileName);
    if (succeed)
        emit docChanged();
    return succeed;
}

void MainController::setLastFile(PhString filename)
{
    _settings->setValue("last_file", filename);
}

And here's the error log :

Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "MainController::docChanged()", referenced from:
      MainController::openDoc(QString) in MainController.o
  "vtable for MainController", referenced from:
      MainController::MainController(QObject*) in MainController.o
      MainController::MainController(QObject*) in MainController.o
  NOTE: a missing vtable usually means the first non-inline virtual member function has no definition.
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

It might come from signals but I'm not sure...

Answer 1

You need to include this line at the end of your source file:

#include "MainController.moc"

Alternatively, you can also handle this with your buildsystem, but that is probably the former is easier.